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building are being actively conducted. The 
superintendent is laying out 807 lots and a 
single grave space. 
A large amount of shrubbery is being 
planted throughout the grounds. 
There are 108 acres in the cemetery, and 
35 in use. 
The grounds have a loam clay subsoil ; a 
rolling ground with large number of orig- 
inal oak trees. It is strictly a lawn plan 
cemetery and all lots have been sold un- 
der perpetual care from the beginning. 
The officers of the association are : 
Joseph Emmert, president; O. T. Smith, 
secretary and superintendent ; C. W. Har- 
den, vice-president; A. S. Held, treasurer. 
NEW ENGLAND CEMETERY MEN MEET 
There were about sixty members of the 
New England Cemetery Superintendents’ 
Association present at the annual summer 
meeting, held at the Xaragansett House, in 
Providence, R. I., on June 7 and 8. There 
was practically no business transacted, the 
occasion being devoted purely to a social 
outing. 
The members gathered at Providence on 
Monday morning, and spent the day in 
visiting the three local cemeteries, as well 
as the famous Roger Williams’ park. The 
first place visited was the Catholic Ceme- 
tery, of which the Rev. James P. Harring- 
ton is superintendent. The next was the 
North Burial Grounds, over which James 
Warren, Jr., vice-president of the Ameri- 
can Cemetery Superintendents’ Association, 
presides. From here they went to Swan 
Point Cemetery, where Daniel Thurber is 
the superintendent. 
At the latter place a delightful luncheon 
was served and a group photograph taken. 
In the afternoon, Superintendent Green, 
of Roger Williams’ park, was the host, 
showing the visitors through the park and 
entertaining them with a boat ride. 
In the evening, the visitors were enter- 
tained by Superintendents Warren and 
Thurber at a theater party. 
Tuesday morning, automobiles, provided 
by the local monument dealers and under- 
takers, conveyed the party to Westerly over 
a beautiful drive of about fifty miles. They 
arrived there shortly before noon and were 
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